With his distinctive sound and energetic and lyrical approach, Rotterdam-based trumpet player Jan van Duikeren (1975), now ranks among a new generation of prominent musicians in the Dutch jazz scene. His extensive musical interests and outstanding versatility have ensured his success as a much sought-after solo player and side-man. This popularity has secured him an impressive array of musical outings with leading artists and bands representing virtually all musical genres.

- FINGERPRINT, Jan’s own band which features some of the best Dutch jazz
and funk players.
- Candy Dulfer, with whom he has been touring the main stages of the world for 14 years now. Jan is also responsible for a large section of Candy’s brass arrangements as well as some compositions.
- The Special Request Horns, Jan’s own brass section including saxophone player Guido Nijs and trombone player Louk Boudesteijn, for whom he also writes and arranges music.
- The New Cool Collective Bigband
- The Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw
- The Jazzinvaders
- The New Rotterdam Jazz Orchestra
- Caro Emerald.

Compositions by Jan are played within all of these projects(except for Caro Emerald).
(Jan was winner of the first edition of the Erasmus Jazz Prize in 1997).